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Clinical and Microbiological Profile of Urinary Tract Infection at a Tertiary-Care Center in Lebanon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Roula Fadel ,
Ghenwa K. Dakdouki ,
Zeina A. Kanafani ,
George F. Araj  and
Souha S. Kanj
Roula Fadel
Affiliation:
School of Pharmacy, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Ghenwa K. Dakdouki
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Zeina A. Kanafani
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
George F. Araj
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Souha S. Kanj*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, PO Box 113-6044, Hamra 11032090, Beirut, Lebanon
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Abstract

We compared community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) with hospital-acquired UTI at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Escherichia coli was the most frequently isolated organism. Hospital-acquired E. coli isolates were often rnultidrug resistant. These results can be used to improve empiric treatment of UTI.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 2004 , pp. 82 - 85
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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